Clothes-washing machine



A. E. ROEVEH.

- CLOTHES wsHmG mACHlNE.

APPLICATION FiLED JUNE 7, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST E. ROEVER. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Application led June 7, 1920. Serial No. 386,990.

lle it known that l. i'ci'is'r E. Hoeven. a subject of Germany, having applied for naturalixaiou as a citizen of the lnited States. and received my lirst papers, and `tending to become such citizen, reig at Brooklyn. in the county of Kings and State ol' eiv York, have invented rertain nev and useful Improvements in if'Milles-Washing illachines. of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to clothes washing machines. the object of the invention being to p ovide an improved machine of the class cribeil in which the articles to be Washed will be subjected to the combined action of .vater, air pressure and vacuum. ivhile the receptacle in which they a e contained will also be rotated. whereby a very eli'ective i ibbing cleansing of the articles being Mashed obtained.

i further object of' the invention is the provision ot a simple and readily operative mechanism by means of which the foregoing results may be obtained and which will be durable in use and can be inexpensively manufactured, and also may be so made as to be portable. if desired.

ln t-ie drawings accompanyiilgwand formin part of this specification, Figure l is a s sectional view of this improvement, the removable cover being shown in dotted lines and Fig. 2 is a top vieiv ot' the improvement with the coi-er removed.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the tivo figures of the drawing.

ln the preferred form thereof. herein shown, this improved Washing machine com` prises suitable receptacle 2. preferably haring at one side thereorP a support or platform 3 on which may be mounted a suitable motor el, connected with a fan 5 located in a suitable housing or casing 6, shovvn herein formed from a part of the maincasing wail. The shaft 7 of the motorextends through the housing, and this shaft carries the fan, the continuing to and is supported by the opposite wall of the receptacle 2. Preierably adjacent to the fan the shaft carries a spur gear 8 adapted to mesh with an annular gear 9 secured to the exterior of a rotary drum 10 perforated along its sides and bottom as at 11. The bottom only, or the bottom and a portion of the side only ma be perforated, if desired. The underside of this annular gear forms a'track to riin on suitable rollers 12 carried by projertions lil secured around the inside of the receptacle 2. From this it will be observed that on the rotation of the spur gear, the drum will be rotated in a horizontal path relative to its vertical axis. The drum, as hereinbefore state-d, is perforated, or ma be formed of foraminous material into which' the clothes to be washed are placed.

Communicating with the fan housing or chamber, 6, is a pair of tubes or pipes 14., the horizontal portions 15 of which extend along under the wire mesh drum and are perforated for the passage of air to and through the drum and the water contained therein, and in the receptacle 2 whereby as the fan rotates the air is forced through the water and into the clothes and through the same to effect and facilitate the washing thereof.

Thershaft carryin, the fan and the spur gear, and Which sha t extends across the top of the receptacle 2 is irovided With a pair of cranks 15 and '16 angularly located relatively to each other and to which are connected adjustable plunger rods 17, each carrying a plunger in the form of a cup, one as 18 being shown as conical and the other as 19 as semi-spherical merely to show the different styles which may be used.

It will be observed that in the operation of this machine. in which, if desired, any preferred number of plungers may be used, as one plunger compresses and forces the dirt and water out of the clothes, the other sucks the dirt and ivater therefrom. At the same time the air which is compressed by one plunger is forced thereby and by the simultaneous action of the fan through the water and the clothes adjacent to a companion plunger, thereby to expand and open up the clothes. Thus the clothes are washed by the combined action of water, pressure and vacuum in connection with the forcing of air therethrough, so that a very eiective and thorough cleansing of the clothes is obtained by a very simple and durable apparatus.` During this operation .the drum is rotated, so that the clothes being washed will be rotated with 'the drum.

The drum furthermore, during its rota.- tion, is effective to rub the clothes, due to the fact that owing to the pressure of the lungers alternately upon the clothes, the atter therefore will be alternately held from roi plunger oporaie #through o. ian Cirami-)Pr carried by said receptacle, a fan iocaeol therein und carried by sain crank simi?, a p inraiity of perforated pipes io- Qa'tied between tha receptacle and the drum und having pororations along the bottom of Asaid drum und in Comn'iuncation Wii .Said fan chamber, und 21 motor carried by said'fecp'noie for ronting the crank shn, thereby io simultaneousiy operaio the fon, rotne th@ drum and rocipromte tiro piungsrs.

9, in a machine for wire-hing ciotiios Ehe comoinzion of means compriqing n riunioni 'Io subject i 1 oiofiies o a mouuin, ,earns effeoiw: o for ao :iii: ino ami.

xe Cio-tiles, und r ns for operaiiii lng boh of said means simni'mneousy.

10. in a maciiil for ng clothe l -ecombination of means comprising a sucrion plunger operative to @no v. the clothes io "notion,I means effective to force oir into and.

Il hrough die clothes, mon, for roaing 'the ciohes, and means for operming iii of ssi means simultaneously,

il. in u machine for Washing oiohes, the oombinaion of means comprising a piurzziiw vacuum piungers operative to subject aiiedot-'nes io prossime and vacuum, means efeciefe to foro air inLo and through the oioiles, and means for operating both osnd means simultaneously.

In machine for washing clothes, he

combination of moans comprising n, piuraiy 'of vacuum piungers operaive izo sulject he clothes o p esst-.re and vacuum,

effective to force air into and through means the clothes, means for rotaiing the cioixes, and motor driven 11i/ams :for opelizing iii of said means Simuluneonsiy.

1S. 'n a ciothes 'Washing machin@ tho com bnuion of Suction plunger devices :ldupef to subject ha Ciotnes io suction, moans for continuonsy forcing air into und through di@ iios'her, n1 commis,l ig :i r 1ffui io of liner h;- ciporation of :sizing :2nd rubr opeui'-ing; ali

li. in :i rnzioiii mi.' :vu combinzrion of moans oomprismg :L vacuum plunger adapt/fi 'to suojoot he ioiies to :1 vacuum7 comprising n fan pump for 'forcing nir iriio und ihr-ou. i1 tho Clothes5 ng; cii'izhs, the

nains compl' sing rv. rot bie container aciupeci to ro the clothes during lle op eration of suie. piunger devices, and power driven means for operating :iii of said moans simuituneouslv.

Signed :V i York ciay, in eine county and State of New fork, this fourth day of June, X920.

AUGUST E. LOIVER. 

